Overview
This document quantifies the number of LMI households by utility zone in select states. We define LMI as the number of households earning up to 100% of AMI, as defined and provided by HUD’s PD&R Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy CHAS.
Utility coverage is provided by either the HIFLD national level electric retail service territories or, preferably, state sources that are more granular. Note HIFLD often provides overlapping areas (ex: a municipal boundary and an utility provider) that result in the number of households up to 100% AMI being counted multiple times.
We start with the following states: New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Illinois and New Mexico.
Summary Tables
Total LMI by State
Total LMI by State and Utilities (HIFLD)
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Illinois
Source: HIFLD
New Mexico
Source: HIFLD
LMI Qualification:
- medicaid
- total count of population with Medicaid- C27007_004 + C27007_007 + C27007_010 + C27007_014 + C27007_017 + C27007_020
- geo: tract
- SNAP
- total count of HH received Food Stamps/SNAP in last 12 months - B22001_002
- total count of population received Food Stamps/SNAP in last 12 months - B19058_002
- geo: tract
- LIHEAP
- use this to calculate income by self attestation? https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ocs/comm_liheap_im2002smiattachment_fy2021.pdf
- first-time home owner programs
- affordable housing facilities
- HUD data: https://resources.hud.gov/#layers-menu
- state specific to supplement: https://housingnm.org/find-housing/rentals/affordable
- low-income housing
- state and federal income tax credit
- entire multi-family housing project may qualify if the entire load can be proved to be low-income subscribers, with consent of all tenants of record.
LMI - 80% of AMI from HUD